US Inflation Rate, Month on Month (Seasonally Adjusted)
How much consumer prices changed in the month after seasonal patterns are removed.
0.6%
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Feb 1970 to Sep 2026
Source: Derived from FRED series CPIAUCSL · all items, seasonally adjusted (BLS). This is the basis of the monthly change BLS headlines.
US Inflation Rate, Month on Month (Seasonally Adjusted) in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In the US, the inflation rate, month on month rose by 0.4pp over the year to Sep 2026, from 0.3% in Sep 2025.
Over the past five years it has ranged from −0.4% in Jun 2026 to 1.3% in Jun 2022.
Its average since Feb 1970 is 0.3%, and the latest reading is above that.
How this series is defined
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- Source
- Derived from FRED series CPIAUCSL
- Series
- See the citation below
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Sep 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
This is the figure BLS leads on. It is not comparable with the unadjusted monthly rates shown for other countries, whose sources publish no adjusted monthly index.
Data refreshed 2026-11-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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